Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Christmas Tea Cup and Saucer

I'm so excited... there are only nine days left until Christmas Day! I have two more people to buy gifts for and then I'm done. How are you doing on your shopping?

Today I'm sharing my second Christmas tea cup and saucer set. I shared the first one two weeks ago. This one is also by Royal Albert. It's part of their "Flower of the Month" series. It's called "Holly" and comes in at #12 in the series.

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The front and back of the cup feature the same design and the gold trim is still in excellent condition after all these years. The holly berries and leaves are handpainted. The cool thing about this design is that the red berries are raised, so you feel them when touching the china.

Here comes Santa Claus,

Here come Santa Claus,

Right down Santa Claus lane.

I love collecting Santas, especially the ones with an old-fashioned look to them. I found this guy at Home Goods a few years ago.

And I made some delicious homemade, chocolate chip cookies! I never shape the cookie balls before baking. I just plop the dough onto the baking sheet so that I can have the homemade look to my cookies. Here's my recipe for my chocolate chip cookies. The recipe makes about three to four dozen, depending on how big/small you want your cookies to be.

What a lovely Holly Tea Cup. I like it so much, that I simply had to pin it to my Tea Cup Tuesday Pinterest Board, linking directly to your blog post. It was is so nice sharing Tea Cup Tuesday with you. My blog is marywaldsvintageplace.blogspot.com stop by for tea cup fun, and say "hi".

What a gorgeous cup, Michelle! I love that it has raised berries in the design. Yes, I'd love some chocolate chip cookies with my cup of tea. I also checked your other cup that you found for $1.00. What a deal!!Thank you for your visit and it's nice to meet you.

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Welcome to Que Bella, where I chat about all the things I love. Flea markets and yard sales are my favorite places to find treasures. I love scrapbooking, poetry, collaging & journaling. Oh, I so love to read. I don't think twice about spending hours at a bookstore or library. Time seems to fly by once I'm surrounded by books.